Gail Smirthwaite currently writes for Lady Golfer Magazine and is the founder of the Confidence Caddie programme, and author of ‘The 7 Secrets of a Highly Successful Golfer’. She is helping golfers of all levels of skills to achieve their potential with specialist golf mind coaching.

Gail gave up a successful career in media and marketing to add to her existing Bachelor of Arts degree to go back to University and specialise in Counselling and Coaching. A chance request five years ago to coach a professional golfer on motivation and self-belief issues propelled her into a niche area that she has now made her own.

Gail states; "I wasn’t sure how my style of coaching would work in this environment; at the time I did not play golf and I soon realised that how we play golf is very much about how we see ourselves in life. Golf is all about CONFIDENCE. The golfer who had only recently turned professional was scoring exceptionally well on practise day but on competition day he was scoring so badly he couldn’t even make the cut. I coached him over a few days and filled with new confidence and self-belief he made his next cut."

After this success word of mouth brought Gail new clients and she decided to concentrate her energies on building a programme which has seen many amateur and professional golfers not only improve their handicap or tournament play but also to become more confident off the golf course too.

Now a self professed golf addict Gail is also committed to encouraging more ladies to play golf and for new and existing players she carries out talks at Golf Clubs all around the UK. She helps by giving ladies tips and tools to play more consistently, with confidence and above all to help them put the FUN back into their game. She also carries out talks and workshops for male golfers too and is branching out into the Corporate market where golf and learning confidence skills are a winning combination.

Gail has developed the web-site: www.playgreatgolf.co.uk as a dedicated information site to help both women and men play their best golf ever; from their mind’s to their playing ability – Gail along with many golfing experts will help all golfers to combine mind and playing skills in order to PLAY GREAT GOLF.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND ON-LINE COACHING GO TO: www.playgreatgolf.co.uk